Inside Sales, Prospecting and Sales Enablement

The Hottest Trends in Inside Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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5 Sales Enablement Best Practices for Inside Sales Teams

Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

Top-tier firms around the world are quickly adopting sales enablement best practices to ensure that performance standards are not only maintained but improve beyond when training was limited to the classroom. Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy.

Inside Sales

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12 Tips for Mastering Inside Sales, According to HubSpot Experts

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

If you find yourself in a position like that, you might want to consider transitioning from outside to inside sales. And to help your case, we reached out to HubSpot experts who made that jump for their input on what mastering inside sales entails. By her account, inside reps should "always be present.I

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Webinars

The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Relevance, Reach, Revenue: How to Turn Marketing Trends From Hype to High-Impact

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What is Inside Sales? Sales Enablement Defined

Showpad

MAY 29, 2019

Inside sales definition. Inside sales is a type of sales where representatives perform regular sales activities remotely rather than consistent face-to-face meetings. With this shift in sales processes comes the increased popularity of inside sales across B2B organizations.

Inside Sales

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Looking at Sales Enablement From Two Different Lenses

SBI

JUNE 27, 2019

Looking at Sales Enablement From Two Different Lenses. Defining the role Sales Enablement plays in your organization is a multi-faceted exercise. First, there’s a small matter of defining what Sales Enablement even means. The Role of Sales in Sales Enablement.

Sales Enablement

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Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: Which Is Best for You?

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

What is inside sales? What is outside sales. Should you use inside or outside sales? How can inside and outside sales work together? Skills and qualifications necessary for inside sales. Skills and qualifications necessary for outside sales. What Is Inside Sales?

Outside Sales

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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How to Build a B2B Sales Team Structure

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

B2B

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How a Modern Sales Enablement Toolset Drives Business Impact

Highspot

APRIL 10, 2020

In their new report, Building the Business Case for a Modern Sales Enablement Toolset , Forrester explores how modern sales enablement improves customer experience and drives business impact. Modern Sales Enablement Drives Marketing and Sales Alignment. Modern Sales Enablement Improves Productivity.

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25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor. According to the Factor 8 website, Factor 8 is an award-winning inside sales training and consulting firm catering only to inside sales. The Sales Hunter. Sales Gravy. 3. SalesLoft Blog.

Top of Funnel

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. The salient question now becomes, what cannot be sold virtually?

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How to create sales enablement content that does the selling for you

Nutshell

DECEMBER 13, 2019

But if you’re like most people, you probably consider content creation to be a marketing activity, not a sales one—a tactic for generating leads, not closing them. So without further ado, let’s dive in and talk all things sales enablement content. What Is Sales Enablement Content?

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What Sales Tools do You Use to Fuel Your Revenue?

SBI

MAY 7, 2014

Power Prospecting. Sales & Marketing Content. Sales Enablement. Now is the time to take action and it just got a whole lot easier with the Top 40 Sales Tools of 2014 Guide. Performance and Compensation. Pipeline Management & Deal Flow. Quoting & Pricing. Territory & Account Planning.

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21 Important B2B Cold Calling Statistics

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 14, 2018

With the rise of sales enablement technology and the variety of available communication methods, one might expect phone calls to become a thing of the past. Yet, cold calling is still a key component of B2B sales. Less than 1% of cold calls lead to a sale ( source ). cold call attempts to reach a prospect.

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The only sales enablement job description template you need to attract killer candidates

Close.io

MARCH 10, 2020

A great sales enablement strategy can be the difference between a deal won and a deal lost. Having a sales enablement manager on your team can make it 10x easier for your sales team to be successful. For an inside sales team , the potential impact of sales enablement is huge.

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Being Seen in an Inside Sales Job

Closer's Coffee

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Look at any job description for an inside salesperson and there is something very important missing. Inside sales representatives work with customers to find what they want, create solutions and ensure a smooth sales process. Inside sales reps are friendly, well-spoken and ready to close the deal.”.

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Sales Prospecting Tools that Will ROCK Your World

Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. It is through the use of the right B2B prospecting that we can continue to succeed in this always-evolving field. What is Sales Prospecting?

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What is Inside Sales? A Complete Overview

Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur via digital channels. How is it different from outside sales?

Inside Sales

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25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor. According to the Factor 8 website, Factor 8 is an award-winning inside sales training and consulting firm catering only to inside sales. The Sales Hunter. Sales Gravy. 3. SalesLoft Blog.

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How to Measure Sales Fitness

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant.

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Salespeople are Lazy – and other Musings from Sales 20 Boston

Score More Sales

JULY 17, 2013

Here were some of the highlights for me at Sales 2.0 Boston: Event founder and host, Gerhard Gschwandtner , Founder & CEO, Selling Power kicked the day off with his aha realization that a logical next step in business is in developing “video sales enablement”. Video for sales training and coaching is a given.

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3 drip sequences every inside sales pro should be using

Close.io

MARCH 3, 2020

Manually sending every single email to every single prospect sucks. Whenever I see a sales team taking the manual-only approach to email outreach and lead nurturing, there’s one problem that keeps coming up: They don’t reach out enough. email and ask the prospect to jump on a call. The sales sequence. Can you relate?

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Swag for Days: 13 Don’t-Miss Dreamforce Events 2018

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If you’re a B2B sales, marketing, or business development, we’ve got a hand-picked don’t-miss Dreamforce session for you. How to Leverage Prospect Insights for Lead Generation”. Best Dreamforce sessions for Sales. Meet Salesforce’s own inside sales team, and see how they use … Salesforce.

Account Based Marketing

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Growth Opportunities Exist in 2021: Here’s How to Find Them, According to HubSpot's Chief Customer Officer

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. Before this year, there was already a clear split in sales models. That’s where dedicated sales enablement resources come in. Image Source.

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Sales Pipeline Management: 4 Ways to Close Deals Faster

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

What Is a Sales Pipeline? A sales pipeline is a visual representation of your current deals and opportunities. It shows where leads and opportunities are in the sales cycle, from prospecting and first approach to discovery and (hopefully) closed-won. The sales cycle begins when your customer is just a new prospect.

Pipeline

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4 Trends That Will Improve Your Sales Effectiveness in 2019

Women Sales Pros

APRIL 19, 2019

And clarity regarding role, expectations and decision authority levels enable inside sales, outside sales, account management and enablement to work more collaboratively and communicate much more effectively. Use a sales-specific assessment tool to vet candidates based on role definition.

Trends

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15 Social Media Sales Groups to Build Your Network In

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2020

Best for facilitating a wide variety of sales-relevant conversations. The Sales Best Practices Group is intended to be a discussion space for sales professionals. Common discussion topics include sales development, prospecting, cold calling, productivity, CRM information sharing, business development, and closing strategies.

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The Top 29 Sales Blogs Every Sales Professional Should Read

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sales for Life. LinkedIn Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. Sales Benchmark Index. Inside Sales Experts Blog. Sales Source. The Sales Leader. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. But the real question is: Can you afford not to read sales blogs? The Best Blogs for Sales Reps.

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The State of Field Sales in 2020 (Plus Outside Sales Statistics)

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Keep reading to find outside sales statistics and details on what our survey revealed. Inside Sales CRMs for Outside Sales Teams. Field sales has vastly different needs than your inside sales team. Increase sales by an average of 29%. Outside sales reps. The right CRM adoption can: .

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Allego Listed in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms

Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Allego has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms. Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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The Future of Sales: Predictions from the “Nostradamus's” of Selling

Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2018

Chatbots, AI, machine learning -- sales, like other industries, is changing rapidly, thanks to technology. But, at the end of the day, you still need to nurture prospects, close deals, and hit your quota. Sales training isn’t the answer. Keith Rosen, CEO, Coachquest , and author of Coaching Salespeople Into Sales Champions.

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The Most Comprehensive Guide to Sales Engagement (Including Strategies, Examples and Platforms)

Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales engagement is all about connecting with your potential customer or prospects to build a relationship and hopefully move them closer to wanting to buy from you. These days, a lot of sales engagement happens through social media, as more and more of your target audience is using social platforms in their everyday lives.

Examples

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Top 5 Sales Conferences You Should Attend in 2020

Allego

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

At Allego, getting to meet prospects and customers face-to-face at events is one of the highlights of our year. To help you find the best events, we’ve pulled together a list of our top 2020 sales conferences. Sales Enablement Society Annual Conference. Sales Enablement Soiree. SiriusDecisions Summit.

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The Future of Sales: What will the World Look Like for Sales Teams After the Quarantine? with Hang Black, Episode #147

Vengreso

JULY 17, 2020

Hang develops and delivers a strategic framework for consistently onboarding new sellers, continuous talent nurture, and implementation of best practices in sales programs and tools. Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and a passionate advocate for women in the workplace. How will #sales look in 2021? Click To Tweet.

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7 tips to improve your cold calling and lead generation

Markempa - Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

How to Get Started Cold Calling the right way: To use phone calls as an effective lead generation strategy, I recommend you create a specialized sales development rep position within the sales or marketing group or hire a firm that specializes in teleprospecting. Prospecting must be smart , articulate, engaging and organized.

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The Best Sales Management Software of 2019

Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2019

And they often include some of the most popular sales tools (e.g., CRM, social prospecting, data and list services, email engagement, phone, and sales cadence tools). Sales management software is used by salespeople to record their day-to-day activities and keep track of their pipelines, prospects, and customers.

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How Modern Sales Organizations Leverage Sales Enablement for their Competitive Advantage [Webinar]

Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

“If you can structure and enable your sales team to get out of a bad deal early or bring it home to Papa as quickly as possible, then you have enabled your sales team to do the right thing at the right time. Benefits of creating an infrastructure that supports enablement initiatives. Listen now. Listen now.

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How Modern Sales Organizations Leverage Sales Enablement for their Competitive Advantage [Webinar]

Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

“If you can structure and enable your sales team to get out of a bad deal early or bring it home to Papa as quickly as possible, then you have enabled your sales team to do the right thing at the right time. Benefits of creating an infrastructure that supports enablement initiatives. Listen now. Listen now.

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How COVID-19 Has Affected the Sales World

Mereo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This article, written by Mereo’s 2020 summer intern and future revenue performance leader, dives into how COVID-19 has affected specifically inside sales teams, field sales teams and sales enablement teams. Inside Sales Teams. Sales Enablement Adaptation.

Inside Sales

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How to Build a B2B Sales Team Structure

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

B2B

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The Power of AI in Sales & 5 Ways You Can Use It

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Interacting with humans intelligently.The Need for Artificial Intelligence in Sales The Need for Artificial Intelligence in Sales An estimated 33% of an inside sales rep’s time is spent actively selling. Administrative to-dos and meetings can pull these professionals away from prospects. Image Source 3.

Forecasting

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Bigtincan Expands Tech Market Presence with Acquisition of Veelo Inc.

SBI

JULY 25, 2019

Bigtincan , the leader in mobile, AI-powered sales enablement automation, today announced the acquisition of Veelo Inc., a pioneer in sales enablement, to expand Bigtincan’s presence and offerings in the technology market vertical. Bigtincan Expands Tech Market Presence with Acquisition of Veelo Inc.

SAP

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15 Essential Blog Posts About Sales Productivity

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Want to ramp up sales but feel like it’s always an uphill battle to reach your targets? Sales productivity is the #1 challenge for almost 65% of B2B organizations, according to research from The Bridge Group. Only 33% of inside sales rep’s time is actively spent selling, according to CSO Insights. Sales productivity.

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The Hottest Trends in Inside Sales

5 Sales Enablement Best Practices for Inside Sales Teams

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Trending Sources

12 Tips for Mastering Inside Sales, According to HubSpot Experts

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What is Inside Sales? Sales Enablement Defined

Looking at Sales Enablement From Two Different Lenses

Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: Which Is Best for You?

Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

How to Build a B2B Sales Team Structure

How a Modern Sales Enablement Toolset Drives Business Impact

25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

How to create sales enablement content that does the selling for you

What Sales Tools do You Use to Fuel Your Revenue?

21 Important B2B Cold Calling Statistics

The only sales enablement job description template you need to attract killer candidates

Being Seen in an Inside Sales Job

Sales Prospecting Tools that Will ROCK Your World

What is Inside Sales? A Complete Overview

25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

How to Measure Sales Fitness

Salespeople are Lazy – and other Musings from Sales 20 Boston

3 drip sequences every inside sales pro should be using

Swag for Days: 13 Don’t-Miss Dreamforce Events 2018

Growth Opportunities Exist in 2021: Here’s How to Find Them, According to HubSpot's Chief Customer Officer

Sales Pipeline Management: 4 Ways to Close Deals Faster

4 Trends That Will Improve Your Sales Effectiveness in 2019

15 Social Media Sales Groups to Build Your Network In

The Top 29 Sales Blogs Every Sales Professional Should Read

The State of Field Sales in 2020 (Plus Outside Sales Statistics)

Allego Listed in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms

Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

The Future of Sales: Predictions from the “Nostradamus's” of Selling

The Most Comprehensive Guide to Sales Engagement (Including Strategies, Examples and Platforms)

Top 5 Sales Conferences You Should Attend in 2020

The Future of Sales: What will the World Look Like for Sales Teams After the Quarantine? with Hang Black, Episode #147

7 tips to improve your cold calling and lead generation

The Best Sales Management Software of 2019

How Modern Sales Organizations Leverage Sales Enablement for their Competitive Advantage [Webinar]

How Modern Sales Organizations Leverage Sales Enablement for their Competitive Advantage [Webinar]

How COVID-19 Has Affected the Sales World

How to Build a B2B Sales Team Structure

The Power of AI in Sales & 5 Ways You Can Use It

Bigtincan Expands Tech Market Presence with Acquisition of Veelo Inc.

15 Essential Blog Posts About Sales Productivity

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